Collapsible kiddy car



March 25, 1930.

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. Patented Mar. 25, 1930 usines UNITED STATES PATiEr-or-FICE THOMAS G. SHANNON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF FRANK T. MARQUIS, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA cnn-.HALF 'ro COLLAPSIBLE KIDDY CAR Application led October 15, 1927. Serial No. 226,430.

My invention relates to improvements in collapsible kiddy cars, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements hereinafter described and claimed.

5 An object of my invention is to provide a collapsible kiddy car in which the supporting legs andthe steering handle can be folded into substantially parallel positions with respect to the seat and in proximity thereto.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described whichis extremely simple in construction, and which provides an article, when collapsed, that may be disposed in an out of the way place when not in use, and will take up very little room. The device, when folded, can also be shipped readily in asmall container.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of my invention will be particularly pointed outl in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the device; and

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure l, but showing the parts in collapsed position.

In carrying out my invention I provide a seat 1, which is normally supported by crossbars or legs 2 and 3 that are pivoted at 4 and are supported by rollers or wheels k5 and 6. Figure 2 shows how the crossbar 2 is pivotally 5 secured at 7 to the under sideof the seat 1, so

that the bar can be swung toward or away from the seat and how the other end of the bar is pivotally secured to a steering handle 8 by means of a Cotter pin 9. The cotter'pin 9 passes through brackets 1() which support the bar 2 and the pin permits movement of thev steering handlek 8 with respect to the bar 2, thus providing means for steering the toy in its movement.

5 The crossbar or leg 3 consists really of two members which straddle the bar 2 at the pivot point 4, the lower ends of these members carrying the rear wheels 6 of the kiddy car.

The upper ends of the members 3 areconnected to each other by a bolt 11, or other fasten ing means, this bolt being slidably received in an arcuate slot 12, in a supporting block 13. The leg 3 is therefore composed of the members 3 and the bolt 11. The block also Y supports the front of the seat 1 at the point *Y 14. The bloclr is pivotally secured to the steering column 8 by means of a rivet 15, this rivet being disposed directly above the cotter pin 9, as shown in Figure 1.

The device is collapsible and the only part which is necessary to be removed is the Cotter pin 9. Figures 1 and 3 show how the Cotter pin is secured to the steering handle by means of a flexible connecting member 16, such as a cord. When the pin is removed the steering handle 8 can be swung about a bolt 14, as a pivot, until the handle overlies the seat 1. The bolt 11 rides in the arcuate slot 12 and permits this movement. The crossbars 2 and 3 may now be collapsed for bringing the bars and the wheels 6 up against the seat 1. The device now occupies a much smaller space than formerly and can be readily shipped in a small container. The matter of moving the parts into operative and inoperative positions is so simple that a child can readily do it. The parts are so arranged that they will provide a rigid support for the seat 1 when in operative position.

Although I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, itis to be Vuni derstood that the same is susceptible of various changes and I reserve the right to employ such changes as may come within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A kiddy car comprising a seat, a supporting-member pivoted to the front of the seat and having an arcuateslot, a steering post pivoted to said member, a wheel secured to the bottom of the post, a leg having one eind slidable in the slot and carryinga wheel at the other end, and a second leg pivoted to the back of the seat and to said first leg, said seci postte overlie and be substantially parallel THOMAS G. SHANNON. 

